“So without an original or helpful thought in my head, I just sat for some minutes and watched these poor disconnected people shuffle past. Then I did what most white Australians do. I read my newspaper and drank my coffee and didn't see them anymore.”

—  Bill Bryson

In a Sunburned Country (US), Down Under (UK) (2000)

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